The document discusses several topics related to centralized state power during WWII and the Cold War era:
1) During WWII, the US government instated a draft, declared martial law in Hawaii, and manufacturing companies began producing weapons to fight Germany and Japan.
2) The US government relocated Japanese Americans to internment camps due to fears of disloyalty, violating civil rights in the process.
3) In response to the Soviet threat, NATO was formed as an alliance of Western countries and the US/Canada, while the Warsaw Pact emerged as an Eastern bloc counterpart.
4) The US government took actions to advance civil rights such as sending troops to desegregate schools, despite resistance from some Southern
6 important events of the Civil War. Many would argue that there are many more important events or there are others that may be more important - and could not disagree - but these events get to t he heart of what we need to know for the EOC.
6 important events of the Civil War. Many would argue that there are many more important events or there are others that may be more important - and could not disagree - but these events get to t he heart of what we need to know for the EOC.
VERY Brief presentation about the Emancipation Proclamation and British position. Includes Common Core Practice. For use with the Americans section 11.2.
This presentation was made to outline the effects of the Civil war. In an attempt to achieve this I felt the need to have a broad scope of topics. I know this conflicts with my outline critiques, but I felt like this would allow for a more effective powerpoint; instead of fewer topics and more fluffed out ideas.
VERY Brief presentation about the Emancipation Proclamation and British position. Includes Common Core Practice. For use with the Americans section 11.2.
This presentation was made to outline the effects of the Civil war. In an attempt to achieve this I felt the need to have a broad scope of topics. I know this conflicts with my outline critiques, but I felt like this would allow for a more effective powerpoint; instead of fewer topics and more fluffed out ideas.
BY THE MID 20TH CENTURY 2
By the Mid-20th Century
Strayer University
The superpower status of the United States of America ensures that she is constantly intervening militarily in countries where conflicts occur. In the years gone-by, the US used to launch its own military actions against states that they considered despotic. Nevertheless, the dynamics of international politics nowadays dictate that the United Nations endorses any military interventions. Even with such changes, the US still plays the leading role. The military incursions by the United States are a subject that has always courted controversy whenever it is instigated. In the recent past, the United States has ha military activities in the Libya and Syria alongside its allies, a phenomenon that stirred opposition both abroad and home. However, the interventions are necessary as the objective is normally to try and bring stability in escalating situations.
US Interventions in Last Five Years
In the year 2010, the Arab world was faced with an unprecedented level of uprising that was christened the Arab Spring. Various countries were the subject of expressions of dissatisfaction by an enraged populace (Haas, 2013). Libya, under Muamar Gaddafi, was the most hit by the uprising. This led to the intervention by the NATO forces, which were led by the United States. The US as has been the case in the past led the airstrikes that finally ousted the incumbent Gaddaffi.
Moreover, the United States is currently involved in the complex Syrian conflict. The intervention in Syria was warranted due to a multitude of factors. In a classical play of interventionism, which is the foreign policy that the United States has pursued since World War II, the US started by sending in military personnel to aid the Syrian rebels who were fighting against the dictator Basar Al Assad. Mr. Assad had been accused in using chemical gas against the people of Alepo. According to the International Criminal Court, this is a crime against humanity. Secondly, the threat of the caliphate group known as the Islamic State (ISIS) compelled the US, together with its allies, to start a series of airstrikes against the group in Syria.
Factors that Made the US a Superpower
The United States is the sole superpower in the world. The status was achieved via a lot of struggle and even bloodshed. However, there are factors that cemented this status for the US. Firstly, the collapse of USSR was fundamental to America’s quest of becoming a world superpower. Secondly, the practice of capitalism. Thirdly, the Central Intelligence Agency and its brilliant strategies also played a key role.
US Policing Role Since World War II
In the aftermath of the World War II, the US has partaken of policing duties in various situations. The first role involved the conflicts between the Koreas. The first Iraqi war in the 1990s was another situation that the US policed (Herring ...
Week 2.1 History 385 - !1Week 2.1 The Civil War and the Re.docxcockekeshia
Week 2.1 History 385 - !1
Week 2.1 The Civil War and the Reconstruction
History 385
Julie de Chantal
March to the Civil War
The armed conflict began with the attack on Fort Sumter in April 1861. Prior to the attack on the
fort, seven states had declared their secession from the United States and had formed the
Confederate States of America. They acted along the same principle the colonies did during the
war of Independence. The Southern States declared their independence from an oppressive
nation, here the United States instead of England.
There were 5 major causes for the secession of the Southern states
• Slavery -> It is usually the first cause that comes to mind. Indeed, some feared that
slavery would be abolished. However, slavery, in and of itself was not the sole cause
of the conflict.
• Sectionalism -> the country was divided by different economies, social structures,
and political values. Those divisions were profound enough for the Southern states to
feel like they were not part of the same country as the Northern states.
• Protectionism -> The South did not want to have tariffs imposed on their exports.
The North wanted to protect its industrial economy from the outside. Tariffs would
reduce competition from England for example but also reduce England’s incentives
to import American cotton.
• States’ Rights -> this is a big one. States in the South felt that the North was
infringing on their rights to self-govern.
• Finally, some Southern politicians saw the American Constitution as compact,
similar to the contract that the Massachusetts Bay Company had signed in order to
create the Massachusetts colony. For that reason, they felt that all of these reasons
violated the compact hence that they could secede.
Ambivalence in Boston
People in the North did not see the conflict through the same lens, and there was a lot of division
among factions of Northerners.
• Opposition to the Secession
• Industrialists were opposed to the war. This was somewhat logical. People
who have a lot, and have a lot to lose, seek stability to preserve their fortune.
Industrialists established in Boston did not want to lose their access to cotton
from the South. They especially did not want the country to go into a
recession due to the war
• Some members of the government called for a compromise to avoid the
Secession and the War. They gathered 22,313 signatures in a petition
favoring a compromise on slavery. They called themselves “The Union-
Savers.” Governor Andrew, for example, felt that if he did not go to
Week 2.1 History 385 - !2
Washington to try to negotiate an agreement, he could later be blamed for
not having done enough to save the Union.
• Neutrality
• African Americans were afraid that any compromise would tip Boston in
favor of the South. Some feared that either slavery would expand to the
North or that their personal liberties (right to vote, etc) would be revoked.
They fe.
Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to ProductionAggregage
Join Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks, in this new session where he'll share a practical framework to transform Gen AI prototypes into impactful products! He'll delve into the complexities of data collection and management, model selection and optimization, and ensuring security, scalability, and responsible use.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
SAP Sapphire 2024 - ASUG301 building better apps with SAP Fiori.pdfPeter Spielvogel
Building better applications for business users with SAP Fiori.
• What is SAP Fiori and why it matters to you
• How a better user experience drives measurable business benefits
• How to get started with SAP Fiori today
• How SAP Fiori elements accelerates application development
• How SAP Build Code includes SAP Fiori tools and other generative artificial intelligence capabilities
• How SAP Fiori paves the way for using AI in SAP apps
PHP Frameworks: I want to break free (IPC Berlin 2024)Ralf Eggert
In this presentation, we examine the challenges and limitations of relying too heavily on PHP frameworks in web development. We discuss the history of PHP and its frameworks to understand how this dependence has evolved. The focus will be on providing concrete tips and strategies to reduce reliance on these frameworks, based on real-world examples and practical considerations. The goal is to equip developers with the skills and knowledge to create more flexible and future-proof web applications. We'll explore the importance of maintaining autonomy in a rapidly changing tech landscape and how to make informed decisions in PHP development.
This talk is aimed at encouraging a more independent approach to using PHP frameworks, moving towards a more flexible and future-proof approach to PHP development.
zkStudyClub - Reef: Fast Succinct Non-Interactive Zero-Knowledge Regex ProofsAlex Pruden
This paper presents Reef, a system for generating publicly verifiable succinct non-interactive zero-knowledge proofs that a committed document matches or does not match a regular expression. We describe applications such as proving the strength of passwords, the provenance of email despite redactions, the validity of oblivious DNS queries, and the existence of mutations in DNA. Reef supports the Perl Compatible Regular Expression syntax, including wildcards, alternation, ranges, capture groups, Kleene star, negations, and lookarounds. Reef introduces a new type of automata, Skipping Alternating Finite Automata (SAFA), that skips irrelevant parts of a document when producing proofs without undermining soundness, and instantiates SAFA with a lookup argument. Our experimental evaluation confirms that Reef can generate proofs for documents with 32M characters; the proofs are small and cheap to verify (under a second).
Paper: https://eprint.iacr.org/2023/1886
Climate Impact of Software Testing at Nordic Testing DaysKari Kakkonen
My slides at Nordic Testing Days 6.6.2024
Climate impact / sustainability of software testing discussed on the talk. ICT and testing must carry their part of global responsibility to help with the climat warming. We can minimize the carbon footprint but we can also have a carbon handprint, a positive impact on the climate. Quality characteristics can be added with sustainability, and then measured continuously. Test environments can be used less, and in smaller scale and on demand. Test techniques can be used in optimizing or minimizing number of tests. Test automation can be used to speed up testing.
